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Complete Definition of "swig"

English

Pronunciation
audio|en-us-swig.ogg|Audio (US)
Rhymes: Rhymes:English:-ɪɡ|-ɪɡ

Verb
en-verb|swigg|ing

  1. To drink (usually by gulping or in a greedy or unrefined manner).

#: The drunken sailor swigged from the bottle of whisky.

  1. nautical To take up the last bit of slack in rigging by taking a single turn around a cleat, then hauling on the line above and below the cleat while keeping tension on the line (also: sweating)

Noun
en-noun

  1. a drink

#:He took another swig.

See also
sip

ru:swig
te:swig
vi:swig

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